boot up times with vista 64 bit ultimate

spellcaster · 21 Aug 2008 at 07:00

My machine seems to take ages to boot into vista 64 bit.

it does things like checking dmi pool table etc is this necessary can i get it to boot quicker? I am running an e8400 cpu with 4 gig ocz ram so the machine should be quicker.

spellcaster · 21 Aug 2008 at 10:04

Anyone advise me on this please

reflux · 21 Aug 2008 at 10:11

Have you just installed Vista? Mine took ages for a few days, then it sorted itself out.

What's your spec?

Meloco · 21 Aug 2008 at 10:20

check how many services you are running, what hdd have you got?

spellcaster · 21 Aug 2008 at 10:51

had vista installed for about 2 weeks ago.

Gigabyte S775 Intel P45 ATX A L 6SATA11
Core 2 Duo E8400 3.00GHz 6M Ca
OCZTECH 2x2GB 240DIMM PC2-6400 Gold
Ati 4850

Should this verifying dMI pool table on boot up be running?

Snakedoctor · 21 Aug 2008 at 10:55

Have you enabled "quick boot" in BIOS?

spellcaster · 21 Aug 2008 at 10:57

not sure i will have to check when i am home

Dyson · 21 Aug 2008 at 11:00

How long does it take?

spellcaster · 21 Aug 2008 at 11:06

well probably about a minute to fully load

Dyson · 21 Aug 2008 at 11:08

Mine takes about 1 min 5 secs to go from turning the pc on to having everything started up and ready to use (including NOD32 doing its stuff).

I can live with that

Mr Kingston · 21 Aug 2008 at 11:13

vista is slow at loading you need to manually configure it to make it quick. I had the same issue with a friends new build yuesterday,

spellcaster · 21 Aug 2008 at 11:29

how do you manually configure it?

reflux · 21 Aug 2008 at 11:47

spellcaster said:
well probably about a minute to fully load

That's hardly very long. Go and put the kettle on or something.

Meloco · 21 Aug 2008 at 11:49

hmmm you have the same sort of spec as me (but u have better ram and mobo

).. myn seems to take about 30 seconds... Has it just started to slow? Or has it always been like this? Perhaps you need to look at updating the motherboard bios?

spellcaster · 21 Aug 2008 at 11:52

its been like this since i built the machine 2 weeks ago

rodders · 21 Aug 2008 at 12:38

Mine takes around 2 mins. Very slow.
E6600 @ 3.4. 4gig ballistix ram. 2 raptors in Raid 0(i think) Vista 64.
but it does close down verty fast!!

bledd · 21 Aug 2008 at 12:40

use sleep mode, 1-3 seconds to turn on

SHEDDER1uk · 21 Aug 2008 at 12:42

mine was fine until i installed the 8.7 ati drivers and now it is slow to load. Hoping the new drivers will sort it when they come out.

spellcaster · 21 Aug 2008 at 12:59

I have got a gadget on vista that displays memory cpu usage etc. I notice that memory is only about 38% used under load and the dual core cpu sometimes one core is flat out and the other hardly registering but on boot up both cores are maxed out

sibeer · 21 Aug 2008 at 13:05

bledd. said:
use sleep mode, 1-3 seconds to turn on

Definitely the way to go. Power usage is the same at standby as when switched off